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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Phil Rivers (ranked 2395 p4p, 3125 weight class) and Baki Hanma (ranked 204 p4p, 269 weight class). Rivers's entrance music is RUNNING IN THE 90’s. A fine choice. Hanma has chosen B-Complex - Beautiful Lies as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phil Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baki Hanma!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rivers misses with an uppercut.
Hanma swings for the body but Rivers moves out of range.
Hanma lands a lovely overhand right.
Hanma fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rivers, pushing him back against the cage.
Rivers lands with a light punch inside.
Rivers misses with the head strike.
Rivers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hanma backwards.
Hanma swings wildly with an uppercut but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanma scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rivers working aggressively here.
Hanma throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivers.
Rivers blocking some punches.
Rivers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rivers is struggling to control the position.
Rivers misses with the head strike.
Rivers lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hanma doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Hanma fails to land.
Rivers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Rivers's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hanma scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers lands a hook that snaps the head of Hanma backwards.
Hanma tries to pull guard but Rivers forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Rivers controlling the action here for a moment.
Hanma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hanma misses with the head strike.
Rivers lands an elbow inside that Hanma shrugs off.
It looks like Baki Hanma has been cut.
A body shot lands from Hanma.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rivers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rivers misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hanma.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hanma.
Rivers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hanma backwards.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rivers.
Rivers has a couple of punches blocked by Hanma.
Hanma scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Rivers.
Hanma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rivers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hanma tries a body shot but Rivers blocks it.
Rivers working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Rivers.
Hanma cracks Rivers with a nice body shot.
Hanma throws a head punch that misses.
Rivers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hanma as Rivers tries to tie him up.
Hanma misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rivers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rivers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hanma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanma can't find room to land a body shot as Rivers controls the action.
Hanma is leaning against Rivers and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rivers blocking some punches.
Hanma misses with the head strike.
Rivers struggles to land a body shot inside as Hanma controls his hands.
Rivers misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Rivers fails to land.
Hanma blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Hanma scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hanma throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivers.
Hanma is trying to pull guard but Rivers turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rivers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hanma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rivers has a couple of punches blocked by Hanma.
Rivers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hanma's defenses.
Hanma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rivers tries to throw a body punch but Hanma avoids it by throwing Rivers back against the cage.
Hanma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanma blocking some punches.
Hanma tries to pull guard but Rivers holds him up against the cage and eventually Hanma drops back down to his feet.
Phil Rivers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baki Hanma.
Rivers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rivers blocking some punches.
Hanma throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivers.
Hanma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Hanma has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Rivers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rivers misses with the head strike.
Rivers wants to stall.
Rivers misses with the head strike.
Hanma blocks the elbow strike.
Rivers scores with a shot to the side of Hanma's head.
Rivers is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice body punch from Hanma - that landed with a thud.
Rivers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivers swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivers pushes Hanma back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rivers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rivers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hanma takes a shot to the head.
Hanma misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rivers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rivers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hanma tries to throw a body punch but Rivers avoids it by throwing Hanma back against the cage.
Hanma has a couple of punches blocked by Rivers.
Hanma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanma blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivers lands a nice elbow.
Hanma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rivers lands a nice shot to the body.
Hanma misses with a body punch.
A short left from Hanma.
Rivers lands a hook that snaps the head of Hanma backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Rivers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Baki Hanma's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hanma walks into a straight right hand from Rivers.
A punch lands to the side of Hanma 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rivers throws an off balance right hand
and Hanma counters with a straight right hand.
Hanma throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hanma throws an overhand right that lands on Rivers's shoulder, as Rivers tries to avoid the shot.
Rivers throws a shot from downtown. Hanma moves away and avoids it.
Hanma has Rivers up against the cage in a clinch.
Rivers trying to stall but Hanma improves his position.
Rivers is trying to maintain a safe position but Hanma gets an underhook and turns Rivers into the cage.
Rivers has a couple of punches blocked by Hanma.
Hanma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Rivers.
Rivers misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivers swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanma tries to work over Rivers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hanma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Hanma - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Rivers on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivers backwards.
Rivers working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Phil Rivers has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rivers throws a head punch that misses.
Hanma struggles to land a body shot inside as Rivers controls his hands.
Rivers gets through Hanma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rivers fails to land.
Hanma lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rivers backwards.
Hanma pushes Rivers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hanma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hanma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hanma misses with some punches.
Rivers swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivers stalling against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivers.
Hanma doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hanma tries to work over Rivers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rivers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivers misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rivers.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers blocks a body shot from Hanma.
Hanma swings wildly with an uppercut but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rivers.
Rivers throws a head punch that misses.
Hanma throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hanma lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rivers presses Hanma against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rivers.
Hanma blocking some punches.
Hanma takes a shot to the head.
Rivers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rivers.
Rivers leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rivers tries to stall but Hanma uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rivers misses with some punches.
Rivers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hanma can do to turn this around?
Hanma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanma tries to work over Rivers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hanma can't find room to land a body shot as Rivers controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma working aggressively here.
Hanma lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rivers or not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hanma.
Hanma lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rivers backwards.
Hanma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rivers swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanma uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Hanma fails to land.
Rivers swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanma gets through Rivers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rivers blocks an uppercut.
Rivers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hanma lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hanma working aggressively here.
Hanma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanma tries to work over Rivers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivers prevents a body shot from Hanma.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hanma.
Rivers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanma jumps guard but Rivers stands there with Hanma around his waist. Hanma gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hanma misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivers.
Rivers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hanma tries a body shot but Rivers blocks it.
Rivers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hanma takes a shot to the head.
Rivers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hanma tries to throw a body punch but Rivers avoids it by throwing Hanma back against the cage.
Rivers prevents a body shot from Hanma.
Rivers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hanma backwards.
Rivers avoiding damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Rivers.
Hanma gets through Rivers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rivers misses with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hanma takes a shot to the head.
Rivers lands a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Hanma.
A short right from Rivers on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Rivers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Baki Hanma's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rivers slips under a jab from Hanma.
Rivers staying out of range there.
Rivers works the jab nicely.
Hanma moves away from the strike by Rivers.
Hanma lands the left hand.
Rivers moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rivers is looking to clinch.
Rivers throws a jab but it's blocked by Hanma.
Rivers slips under a jab.
Rivers misses with a two punch combination.
A slow jab from Rivers misses its intended target.
Rivers throws a hook but Hanma blocks it.
Rivers keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hanma lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rivers scores with a three punch combo!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rivers fails to land with a series of punches.
Hanma throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
Phil Rivers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivers is looking to clinch but Hanma is avoiding it.
Hanma let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hanma uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a straight left.
Hanma scores with a hook to the body. Rivers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rivers uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rivers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rivers scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A big left from Rivers misses.
Hanma thuds a left hand into Rivers's body.
Hanma slips a straight right by Rivers.
Rivers throws a one two combo.
Rivers tries to close the distance and clinch but Hanma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rivers missing with a left hand there. Hanma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A combination from Rivers does no damage.
Rivers is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hanma is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivers.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hanma fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rivers is rocked!
Rivers walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Hanma swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Baki Hanma!
After the fight, Baki Hanma was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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